how much do SSD's help the game

[Rune_Crystalblade]

So I wanted to jump in here and give a bit of information.

Working in IT I see a lot of HDD's and SSD's Come and go. Yes it would boost your area transitions and load times, however much of the games delays are network related, not hardware related.

On top of that, like Monty said, most people run windows from an SSD and then their programs from a HDD. The reason for this has nothing to do with performance, but maintenance. SSD's have a finite amount of Writes before they begin to fail. The technology is such right now that there's nothing that can be done with it. Always staying on top of firmware updates, keeping the drive defragmented, virus free etc.... These are all things SSD owners Need to do it stretch out the drives life as long as possible.

So while the gains are pretty appealing, the cons of it can sometimes be costly. One of the biggest cons is often when an SSD fails, there's no warning, No S.M.A.R.T Status notifications, nothing. It just fails on the spot.

If you really want to go the performance route, I'd suggest a Hybrid Drive. They can perform just as fast as an SSD with the reliability of an HDD. But just be aware if you get an SSD, weather it's OCZ or Western Digital... You could very well run into a drive that's high maintenance and more of a pain in the neck than it's worth. Moral of the story, keep an HDD handy just in case.

On a slight side note, the place I work for has been playing around with Mirror raiding an SSD and HDD with capasity matching and differential backup methods with a new Raid Driver that Seagate has put out that basically let's you mirror an SSD to an HDD and do the backup either on a timed schedule or deferentially so that the HDD doesn't reduce the speed of the SSD. Just something to think about for the more geek inclined on here lol.

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keeping the drive defragmented

These are all things SSD owners Need to do

keeping the drive defragmented

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Working in IT